On the mend, Kathleen Hanna returns with The Julie Ruin | Concert preview

Though The Julie Ruin keyboardist Kenny Mellman delivers this particular line — on “Kids In NY,” from the group’s debut, “Run Fast” — it aptly describes where his iconic bandmate, Kathleen Hanna, is currently at.

Having been diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease in 2010, Hanna — best known as the voice and face of Olympia riot-grrrl trailblazers Bikini Kill, then NYC’s electro-pop Le Tigre — wasn’t sure she’d get the chance.

Thankfully, after nine uncharacteristically quiet years, Hanna is managing her illness and fronting TJR alongside Mellman, guitarist Sara Landeau, drummer Carmine Covelli and ex-BK bassist Kathi Wilcox — and on “Run,” she stomps, swaggers and screams her way through 13 tracks that confidently fuse punk, soul and new-wave aesthetics.

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